Category Archives: Lifestyle + Health

Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash Welcome to the Season of Change! We are slowly transitioning from the summer season, which has pitta qualities, to the fall season, which has vata qualities. (Not sure what pitta and vata are? They are both doshas. Click here for a super quick intro to the doshas!) Transition means change, and we…

Whether the first day of summer sends you packing for the beaches or scrambling for shade, keeping relatively cool is important for all of us! Heidi’s got you covered with some easy to use tips to make the most of your time in the sun –or shade– this summer! Heidi’s Tips to Keep Cool &…

All You Can Reap from Restorative In the previous post, we talked about why restorative yoga is a necessity, especially for urban folks! As we continue to explore this topic, we will focus on some ways to make the best of restorative yoga, through creative sequencing, mixing activity and stillness in your practice, and by…

There’s a war raging in your body, but you can win it through the path of least resistance! When we face stressful situations, our nervous system prepares the body for battle: the sympathetic nervous system goes on alert, automatically recalibrating to increase blood pressure and heart rate and reduce digestion. Needless to say, our contemporary…

Your Heart Knows You The heart is a gate-less gate to divinity. Move to the heart. We are all hung up, stuck in the head – that is our problem… There is only one solution – get down from the head to the heart. All your problems will disappear. Problems are created by the head.…

Ayurveda is holistic medical system that fully encompasses the mind, body and spirit. It looks at lifestyle, diet, personal and family health history, physical and psychological attributes, seasons in the weather, age and the whole life to determine imbalances within us. The beauty of ayurveda individualizes, digs deep, detoxifies, eliminates, rebalances, nourishes, rebuilds and rejuvenates…

Led by our resident Ayurveda expert, the wonderful Cynthia King, we will be doing a 216 Ayurveda 4-DAY Spring Community Kitchari Cleanse, APRIL 8-11. The ancient practice of fasting on kitchari, or a “kitchari cleanse”, utilizes the traditional mix of rice and mung beans, ghee and herbal formulas. In Ayurveda, this mix is considered extremely…

Meet SmartMat, the siri-like virtual yoga assistant. Using specially calibrated sensors that connect to your smartphone or tablet, it provides you with feedback on your personal yoga practice using audio and visual cues. It also learns about you, your body and your practice as you progress and makes recommendations accordingly, helping you find your…

There’s an article doing the rounds on social media at the moment, and it’s something all yoga teachers and practitioners should read. The piece was penned by Michelle Marchildon, for her blog Yoga Muse, and it’s titled Why Yoga is a Broke-A** Business. In her opening sentence, the Denver-based teacher laments the (by all accounts…

While I can’t tell anyone to take or not to take medications, I can discuss the research and natural approaches. Here’s some data for from the Journal of Rheumatology: Annually more than 70 million prescriptions are written and more than 30 billion sold OTC in the US 13 million people in the US use NSAIDs…